Five Dynasties · Liang General

Liu Yan 劉掞

Attested AD 909 - AD 923

Passages
3
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Liu Yan as a general. This record brings together 3 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Liu Yan 劉掞 Liu Yan
Personal name Liu Yan 劉掞 Liu Yan
Personal Liu Yan 劉掞 Liú Yǎn

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • General

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: Liu Zhijun's Chang'an rebellion · Western Year: AD 909
    Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:023:s0009
  • Source Date: Text: 莊宗至明宗初年語境 · Western Interval: Start: AD 915 · End: AD 923
    Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:008:s0005

Events and relationships

References in the histories

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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 8Volume 8 Later Jin Annals 1: Gaozu · 2 passages
New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 23Volume 23 Later Liang Biographies 3: Yang Shihou, Wang Jingren, He Gui, Wang Tan, Ma Sixun, Wang Qianyu, Xie Yanzhang · 1 passage